1 at beach getaway trip, Quileute Nation

We had so much fun per usual running logs and playing in surf. 

Stuff like we always do around here! 

"Thousands of winters before the arrival of the White Drifting-House people (ho-kwats), the Quileute Indians and the ghosts of their ancestors lived and hunted here. 

For as long as the ageless memory of legend recalls, the Quileutes flourished in the territory which originally stretched from their isle-strewn Pacific beaches along the rain forest rivers to the glaciers of Mt. Olympus. 

Today, Quileutes need only lift their eyes to see the burial place of chiefs atop James Island, or A-Ka-Lat -- translated as "Top of the Rock". This sense of cultural continuity is their birthright and heritage. Though much has changed, Quileute elders remember "back in the days" when the "old people" dared challenge kwalla, the mighty whale, and who recounted the exploits of wily raven or bayak, who placed the sun in the sky."Quileute Nation

Log strewn Beach, I used to run these logs, me and my Daisy..

The Rain Forest, Olympic Peninsula

Yes, as Maya says, "perfect for those vampires!"

Olympic National Park

Crescent Lake

Rialto Beach near Forks Washington

Nimbostratusdweller..

That is always, and only, me!

It's Twilight for Forks WA

These trees at the trailhead are mostly dead near the water line from salt and surf, and being beaten by large old growth trunks that floated out of the Bogasheil River, one of three that flow from the rain forest.

They have a spooky appearance.

The whole area 's dark wet climate was used in the book Twilight. The Author had never been to Forks , however, until the third book was written, she did all her research online.

The school in the film is not Forks High School, but probably one in Canada instead. Most of it was filmed in Canada, none of it was filmed in Forks, however.

Forks is getting it's two shots of limelight anyway..good for their economy, and tourists shouldn't be disappointed with nature around Forks, Sol Duc Hot springs, The Hoh rain forest, Rialto Beach, etc.

Forks has been a small logger community whose new presence in the limelight is being shifted as a result. They are getting visitors from everywhere. It was quite the busy place.

Rialto Beach by Ellen Creek

Rialto Beach, near Forks WA (Of Twilight Movie Fame)

I had to watch the movie after seeing how Forks has come to be a well worn destination due to the movie.

I'm still amazed this has turned Forks into a tourist destination.

Not that this area isn't amazing, it is, it just wasn't filmed at Forks.

I'll post some photos of the woods around Rialto and Forks later..

Come back!!

And search my blog for Rialto Beach